Commemoration

 This might look like something of a photo dump but I have been trying to find time to sort through my shots from the recent 80th Anniversary Commemorations of the Battle of the Atlantic at Liverpool at the end of May, and now I have done I wanted to share the best of them.

On the day there were flypasts from a small selection of aircraft; an exceptionally rare  Supermarine Seafire, a version of the Spitfire designed for flying from aircraft carriers, a Fairey Swordfish which was a submarine hunter that would fly low and slow before releasing its torpedo ( a tactic that left the crew very vulnerable). My grandad worked on these planes when he was in the Fleet Air Arm during the war. And then of course the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight consisting of a Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane and an Avro Lancaster, always a magical sight to see these legendary aircraft in the sky.

City of Lincoln

 

A couple of weeks ago I went to Mere Sands Woods hoping to do a bit of wildlife photography. I was disappointed by the lack of birds on the lake so I just walked around the woodland and stopped at a spot overlooking some fields and enjoyed a break in the sun.

Over in the distance I could hear the planes doing their displays at the Southport Air Show and was beginning to think I should have gone there instead when In the distance I heard the low rumble of four Rolls Royce Merlin Engines powering the Avro Lancaster from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight based at Coningsby in Lincolnshire. This is one of only 2 Lancasters that are airworthy. 

Having lived for some years in close proximity to Coningsby I was lucky to be able to see this magnificent aircraft on many occasions and I always get a thrill when I see it now.